The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-11
CHINESE PASSPORTS AGAIN.

| Rep. Hustace directed the following
questions to the Minister of Foreign AT
fairs:
| 1. How many Chinese were landed from
the S. S. Belgic? ,. Did all such Chinese
| have passports, and if so, what kind of
passports? 3. Were Investigations made
TO ascertain if these Chinese each held a
bona fde passport granted to him?
| Minister Brown answered the questions
as follows l. He was informed 427 were
| landed. ,. Only one kind of passport is
| issued, specimen of which may be seen
in the Foreign office. 3. This duty belongs
to the Collector General.
Noble Smith said that two members had
already propounded que,-.ous to the Min
lister and his answers had heen evasive
and unsatisfactory. He ha.! TWO questions
| but was not going 10 be Sa-isied with like
answers. He did not wish to show per
sOnal feeling, but the questions were
proper ones and should meet with proper
reply. The Hon. Noble then directed the
two following questions to the Minister:
l. How many passports given to Chinese
to return to this Kingdom are now out
standing? ,. How many other passports
are there now outstanding which have
been granted TO Chinese?
Minister Brown said ne intended no dis
respect To the House. These questions
could only be answered by the Collector
General, and Noble Smith should make a
request to the Minister of Finance to have
the Collector-G General furnish the informa-
ton.
Noble Smith said he was not satisfied with
the answers, they were simply evasive. 1t
would be the same if he asked the Minister
of Finance. 1t had been reported that sew
eral thousand passports were out, yet it
may be that there are only a few hundred.
If he could not produce the information in
this way he would bring in a resolution the
following day that would.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Third reading of an Act to abolish the
permanent settlement tor w c. Parke
On motion of Rep. Kamuoha the bill
passed.
Third reading of an Act to amend Section
2 of an Act relating to the Bureau OF Pub
lie instruction.
On motion of Noble Hitchcock the bill
passed.
Third reading of an Act to abolish the
permanent settlement for Princess Poomai-
kelani.
On motion of Rep. Rice the bill passed.
Third reading of an Act to abolish the
Hawaiian Board of Health.
Noble Foster moved it pass.
Rep. Helekunihi moved it be indefinitely
postponed.
On motion of Minister Brown the bill |
was referred to the Judiciary Committee,
Noble Foster Withdrawing his motion.
ROAD BOARDS BILL.
Consideration of the reports of the select |
committee on an Act to amend the law |
concerning Road Supervisors and the road |
tax, and to establish local road boards and |
define their duties.
On motion of Noble Castle the House
resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole, Noble Townsend in the Chair.
The majority and minority reports with
the bills were read. After a short discus
sion, the following two sections were
passed.
Section l That the Act entitled can Act
to provide for the appointment of Road |
SupervisOrs-in-C Chief for the Island of Ha-
WALL LOT the lSldnU OF Maui, TO include |
also the Islands of Molokai and Lanai;
for the Island of Oahu and the Island of
Kauai, approved on the eleventh day of
August, A. d. 1884; and also sections 1853.
169, 10, III, 1870, 181 and 182 of the Civil |
Code, and all other laws and parts of laws
inconsistent herewith, be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Section ,. The Minister of the Interior
shall appoint three competent residents of
each taxation district of the Kingdom, ex-
cept Honolulu, one of whom shall be
named as chairman, who shall act as and
be the Road Board for the district for
which they are appointed. The members
of said Road Board shall serve without
pay.
The committee then rose, and the Chair
man reported progress and asked leave to
sit again.
The report of the committee was
adopted.
At 4:3O the House adjourned to 10
o'clock Friday morning